The No. 1 objective for the Avs should be to get out of the first wild-card spot into the top three of the Central Division.

The Colorado Avalanche have reportedly considered a Casey Mittelstadt trade this season. Mittelstadt initially joined the Avalanche through trade at last year’s NHL trade deadline. The hope was that ...

The Avalanche’s No. 2 center Casey Mittelstadt was listed as a potential ... But he eventually found his game and was excellent in the No. 2 center role behind Nathan MacKinnon in the playoffs.

It took one game for Nathan MacKinnon to spot a key difference ... which often includes Drouin and Casey Mittelstadt working on certain passes and plays they might make in a game.

The Avalanche remain in the market for an upgrade at center, with Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reporting Thursday they were one of the teams who submitted trade proposals to the Canucks for J.T.